The School of Marine and Environmental Affairs will hold its next faculty meeting on Thursday, March 7, at 12:00 pm. Please see below for location details:
Ocean Sciences Building (OCN) Room 203 or via Zoom using the information below:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/98174117556?pwd=V1JQeldTdTFRRFlKc0E4Q3FSMEo2dz09
Meeting ID: 981 7411 7556
Passcode: 563969 US (Seattle)
A copy of the meeting agenda is provided. Please contact Kiley Pazcoguin (kpaz@uw.edu) with any questions or for more information. 

SMEA Associate Professor Sunny Jardine has been named the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal Marine Resources Economics, which publishes creative and scholarly economic analyses of a range of issues related to natural resource use in the global marine environment. See the announcement from MRE below:
Marine Resource Economics (MRE) is proud to announce the appointment of Sunny Jardine as the journal’s new Editor in Chief, effective January 8, 2024. 

Thursday, February 15, 2024 from 12:00 – 3:00pm
Open to all UW Seattle students and alumni, the Environmental Career Fair is an opportunity to explore careers in environmental and natural resources fields. The Environmental Career Fair is a chance to connect with employers from the nonprofit, government, and private sectors with career-level positions and paid internships. At the Fair, you can ask questions and gain valuable insight that will shape your academic and career journey. 

Thursday, February 8, 2024 – 6:30pm to 8:00pm
SMEA Professors Ryan Kelly and Terrie Klinger will discuss their recently published book, Between the Tides in Washington and Oregon: Exploring Beaches and Tidepools at Eagle Harbor Book Co. on Thursday, February 8, 2024.
Event details:
Admit it, you are tired of being stuck indoors toiling over yet another 1000 piece puzzle. If only you could escape to someplace outside for some fresh air and adventure. 

Date: Friday, February 9th, 2024

SMEA’s Community Reception at Renaissance Seattle Hotel was fabulous! Special thanks to everyone who attended. We look forward to future SMEA events and chances to connect with alumni, supporters, faculty, students and post-docs! 

By Beach Watcher Dave Fluharty
What is this? We are experimenting with ways to engage with our alumni and to inspire current students with their accomplishments. This section is a random walk through what we’ve recently observed about or heard from alumni. Please keep Graduate Program Advisor, Tiffany L. Dion up to date with your accomplishments and changes in location or employment. 

SMEA alumnus Dan Hull spent much of his career gillnetting salmon and longlining halibut in coastal waters out of Cordova, Alaska. 40 years later as he retires from fishing, Hull reflects on his career as a leader in marine resource management, bringing his experience as a commercial fisherman to serve and advise on various fishing, research and education entities in Alaska and internationally. 

Dear SMEA friends!
SMEA is humming with activities. Several walk-in-freezers on the first floor were removed to create space for a large classroom and provide additional workspace for students and postdocs. As the New Year rings in, we will begin planning instructional technology and equipment for the new classroom.
In year 2023, we graduated 45 students and admitted a wonderful cohort of 21 first-year students. 

In the last few years, the U.S. Federal and Washington State governments significantly focused on climate action. In addition to re-joining international climate efforts, President Biden directed U.S. agencies to incorporate the social cost of carbon in their decisions, developed ambitious renewable energy targets, and released the Ocean Climate Plan. In 2022, the U.S. Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which included significant support for energy innovation, carbon storage, and energy efficiency. 

SMEA faculty are committed to making our research publicly accessible. Therefore, most of our journal articles are published in open access journals and are hyperlinked in the below list. Faculty names are in bold, names of students and postdoctoral scholars trained by our faculty are underlined.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Aceves-Bueno E, Davids L, Rodriguez-Valencia JA, Jaramillo-Legorreta AM, Nieto-Garcia E, Cárdenas-Hinojosa G, Hidalgo-Pla E, Bonilla-Garzón A, Diaz de Leon AJ, Rojas Bracho L, Cisneros-Mata MA (2023) Derelict gear from an illegal fishery: Lessons from gear retrieval efforts in the Upper Gulf of California.